Rolf Nagel-Fl-11-21614-Oenanthe oenanthe
Oenanthe oenanthe ♂
Northern Wheatear
Steinschmätzer
Stenpikker
Now and then I will drop in a few pictures of the Northern Wheatear, the bird I owe so very much. From 2005 to 2014 it took me to several interesting places in the north of Europe and America.
It is a very special bird, not only to me but also in general:
Though a rather small bird, it has one of the largest ranges of any songbird, breeding from the eastern Canadian Arctic across Greenland, Europe, Asia and into Alaska.
All these populations are wintering in Africa!
Alaskan birds are travelling approximately 15.000 km each way, what makes them World Champions in migration among songbirds.
In 2010 in Iqaluit (Nunavut, Canada) we ringed (banded) this bird as adult and attached a geolocator. We succeeded to recatch it to gain the data stored in the geolocator one year later. This means that this little bird travelled at least twice from Baffin Island to Africa and back.
rsbl.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/early/2012/02/13/...
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PLEASE, NO AWARDS or these large group icons like "your wonderful, great photo was seen in group xyz". They will be deleted sooner or later.
BITTE KEINE AWARDS oder diese großen Gruppen-Icons wie "Ich habe Dein wunderbares Bild in Gruppe xyz gesehen". Die lösche ich früher oder später.
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Rolf Nagel-Fl-11-21614-Oenanthe oenanthe
Oenanthe oenanthe ♂
Northern Wheatear
Steinschmätzer
Stenpikker
Now and then I will drop in a few pictures of the Northern Wheatear, the bird I owe so very much. From 2005 to 2014 it took me to several interesting places in the north of Europe and America.
It is a very special bird, not only to me but also in general:
Though a rather small bird, it has one of the largest ranges of any songbird, breeding from the eastern Canadian Arctic across Greenland, Europe, Asia and into Alaska.
All these populations are wintering in Africa!
Alaskan birds are travelling approximately 15.000 km each way, what makes them World Champions in migration among songbirds.
In 2010 in Iqaluit (Nunavut, Canada) we ringed (banded) this bird as adult and attached a geolocator. We succeeded to recatch it to gain the data stored in the geolocator one year later. This means that this little bird travelled at least twice from Baffin Island to Africa and back.
rsbl.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/early/2012/02/13/...
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If you like my pictures please have a look at:
Wenn Ihnen meine Bilder gefallen, besuchen Sie bitte meine Homepage
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PLEASE, NO AWARDS or these large group icons like "your wonderful, great photo was seen in group xyz". They will be deleted sooner or later.
BITTE KEINE AWARDS oder diese großen Gruppen-Icons wie "Ich habe Dein wunderbares Bild in Gruppe xyz gesehen". Die lösche ich früher oder später.
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